Crew Members Help the Marine Environment, Too

I don't have any whale sightings to report today, because we haven't been out since Saturday. And then, it was too foggy to see anything, unfortunately. But wanted to share this picture with you of two of the Atlantic Queen's crew members, Billy and Todd, helping with our monofilament fishing line recycling program! The Atlantic Queen has a fishing trip each morning, so they go through a lot of monofilament. Our naturalist Patty Adell took this photo after the crew had grabbed some old line and were on their way up to our monofilament recycling bin at the top of the boat launch in Rye Harbor.

Do you have some old fishing line lying around? Don't throw it in the trash or in the water, recycle it! It takes monofilament about 600 years to break down, and when it's in the water, it can entangle whales and other marine life. Last year, several humpbacks were entangled just by monofilament.

To address this problem, we've installed several monofilament bins around the seacoast, including at Hampton Harbor, Rye Harbor, Wentworth Marina, Peirce Island in Portsmouth, and Great Bay Marine. You can also drop off your fishing line at our office, like one gentleman did recently. If you have any questions, you can email me at jen@blueoceansociety.org or call (603) 431-0260. Thanks!